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If you have Win2000 with IIS you DO have an NNTP server but that is
irrelevant.
You have a mail client capable of reading news. Vircom would run the NNTP
server.
Brad Johnson
Systems Administrator
Local Link Network Operations
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Barstow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:18 PM
Subject: [Modus] Value of NNTP over mailing lists
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> Besides, I don't even have a NNTP server in my network, and don't much
> feel like having to go find a public one just so I can receive the
> Vircom Mail.
>
> Jim Barstow
> Sr. Network Engineer
> Diversified Solutions and Services, Inc.
> 22645 Canal Road, Suite B
> Orange Beach, AL 36561
> 251.980.8968
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Benjamin S. Rogers
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 4:22 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Modus] Value of NNTP over mailing lists
>
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> I like NNTP, but to play devil's advocate...
>
> > 1) NNTP servers allow you to simply click on the server in Outlook
> Express
> > and it tells you if you have new messages or not. You can follow the
> > threads easily. They are available whenever you want to look at them.
> > 2) Threading makes the organization of ideas easier and has a tendency
> to
> > keep people on the subject at hand
>
> You can group by a conversation in Outlook (and I assume other e-mail
> clients). It's not 100% accurate, but it's as reliable as your average
> news reader.
>
> > 3) Messages are POSTED immediately
>
> Same as e-mail, though far less reliable than mail. NNTP takes the
> broadcast approach to distribution.
>
> > 4) If you happen to lose your computer information, you can still go
> back
> > to the News server and get the info, unlike email (I got this one many
>
> > times on the VOPMail list: 'hey anyone got a summary of this mailing
> > list')
>
> I don't know about you, but we don't maintain anything historic on our
> news server. That would require a ridiculous amount of hard drive space.
>
> > 5) you don't have to worry if your outbound mail server is working
> alright
> > to have your message reach the list.... oh yea, this is a Vircom
> forum,
> > scratch that one.
>
> No, you have to worry about your news server. And let me tell you, we
> care a lot more if our mail server is down than our news server.
>
> > 6) You don't get 200 messages a day in your mailbox that you feel you
> have
> > to scan to be aware of some crisis on the road.
>
> Uh, rules? I get about 1000 messages a day. That's not difficult at all
> to manage with rules. I send each list or account to its own folder. I
> scan those folders once or twice a day and mark everything as read. I
> went through about 2000 messages this morning (didn't check my e-mail
> yesterday) in 20 minutes.
>
> > The old OReilly WebBoard (www.webboard.com) would allow you to have
> both,
> > email lists, NNTP server and a web interface. You could choose your
> own
> > options in your profile. This product has been taken over by another
> > company (Akiva) with similar pricing as Vircom, maybe they can work
> out a
> > swap. (I have a license for that too but can't afford the $3K upgrade
> for
> > it either - I'm doing something wrong I think!). The folks at
> WindowsWare > use an older version here:
> > http://webboard.winbatch.com/wbisadll/wbpx.isa/~winware/guests
> > or here via NNTP news://webboard.winbatch.com (you need to signup via
> the
> > web to create an account and then put your logon information into the
> > Outlook News account info).
>
> Several other lists that I'm on manage to coordinate mail, news and web
> very well. That, in my mind, is the best solution. However, I'm just
> fine with e-mail myself if the alternative is a web only solution.
>
> -ben
>
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